Bright and cold. It is estimated that the enemy lost 1500 men in the fight near Petersburg, and we 500. Sherman has got to the railroad near...

Rained hard in the night; clear and pleasant in the morning. A letter from John T. Bourne, St. Georges, Bermuda, says he has some 1800 bar...

Near Petersburg, Va.,           September 14, 1864. It seems that you have not received the bundles I sent to you. I sent some gunpowder h...

ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 5, 1861. Sir: I have not acknowledged the receipt of the four kegs of cartridges. They are old, unserviceable, and much d...

Captain Allison sent some of his men out to search the woods into which the bush-whacker was chased last evening to see what discovery they ...

SEMINARY, Christmas, 1860. DEAR GENERAL: They [the cartridges] are a most appropriate present, and I hope they may all be used for holiday...

Col. Rains had learned that Col. Brown, who was in command of the Home Guards that had fled to Wildcat the evening before, lived some two or...

HUNTSVILLE, ALA., February 3, 1861. Hon. L. P. WALKER, Montgomery : MY DEAR SIR: There is at Pensacola an immense quantity of powder, shot...

HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION,                   MEMPHIS, TENN., August 11, 1862. Hon. S. P. CHASE, Secretary of the Treasury. SIR: Y...

Astor House, N.Y. Oct. 8, 61. Dear Mr. Fox I answered yr telegraph in some haste last evening and write to say that ten days from the...

7:30 A. M. — Colonel Comly started from Coal's Mouth down [the] river at daylight. 8:30 A. M. — Dispatch from Colonel Comly at R...

A severe snowstorm. Did not venture abroad. Had a call from Dahlgren, who is very grateful that he is named for admiral. Told him to thank ...

Augusta is a city of 20,000 inhabitants; but its streets being extremely wide, and its houses low, it covers a vast space. No place that I ...